Sign-supporting stand.



No. 688,832. Patented Dec. l7, I901].

- S. L. DAVIS.

SIGN SUPPORTING STAND.

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ATENT SPENCER L. DAVIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SIGN-SUPPORTING STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,832, dated December 17, 1901. Application filed November 3,1900. Serial No. 85,365. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER L. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and use f ul Improvements in Sign-Supportin g Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sign-supporting stands, and has for its object the construction of. a stand adapted to stand upon the sidewalk and support a swinging sign for advertising purposes.

More particularly the object of the invention is to make a stand which will be simpler and cheaper than the ordinary stand of this character and one which is collapsible for the purpose of shipment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is also an end elevation with the stand in a collapsed form. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5is an elevation of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail showing a modified form of washer by which the frame is held in its extended position; and Fig. 7is a detail similar to Fig. 5, except that it shows the use of the modified washer shown in Fig. 6. V

In the said drawings, 10 represents a sign frame or board which may be divided, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the upper portion will carry a permanent advertising-sign and the lower portion furnishing a blackboard upon which may be marked special goods sold by the concern exhibiting the sign. The details of the board, however, are not a part of the present application and may be made in any form desired.

The board 10 is pivoted to swing upon a rod 11, which is supported in the two A-shaped frames 12. The frames 12 and the rod 11 form a structure which corresponds very closely to the ordinary carpenters sawhorse, in which the rod 11 represents the top bridge. The two legs of each of the frames are connected together by a hinge 16, so arranged that the legs 12 may be moved from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3. In the bevel cut at the top part of the legs 12 are out two small grooves 17, (see Fig. 3,) which furnish a bearing for the end of the rod 11 when the legs 12 are spread, as shown in Fig.

2. On the inside of the legs at the point where this hearing is formed there is cut a transverse groove 19, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5. Near the ends of the rod 11 are inserted pins 14, which are adapted to enter the grooves 19 in the legs 12 when the legs are spread, as shown in Fig. 2. On the outer ends of the rod 11 are the washers 13 and the nuts 15, so arranged that when the said nuts are tightened they clamp the legs between the pins 14 and the washers 13. It will be observed by this construction that when the nuts 15 are thus tightened, so as to draw the pins 14 into the grooves 19, the legs 12 will be securely held in their spread position, which spread position can be relieved only by loosening the nuts 15, so that the upperends of the legs may be drawn out clear of the pins 14. When the pins 14 are thus freed from the grooves 19, the legs 12 may be collapsed and the rod 11 lifted from its position. Then by inserting the rod 11 between the lower ends of the legs and raising it sufficiently, so that the lowerend of the board 10 is about in the position shown in Fig. 3, the nuts may be again tightened, holding the legs in a closed position. For the purpose of permitting these legs to be drawn closely together there are furnished two slight grooves 18, as shown in Fig. 2, in which grooves the rod 11 rests when the legs are collapsed.

Instead of making the grooves 19 on the inner face of the legs 12, as shown in Fig. 1, 8 they may be made in the outer face, as shown in Fig. 7, and the washer 13 may be stamped with a bulge 20, as shown in Fig. 6. Then when the nut 15 is tightened on the rod 11 the bulge 20 will be forced into the groove 19, thus causing the said bulge to serve the same purpose on the outer face of the legs that the pin 14 serves on the inner face. When made in this Way, there will be an eX- tra nut 21, as shown in Fig. 7, so that when the nut 15 is tightened it will not clamp upon the board 10 and prevent it from swinging.

Across between the two end frames 12 are rods 22, which tie the feet together and keep the lower part of the frame or horse from spreading in the wrong direction.

' What I claim is 1. In asign-supporting stand, legs therefor, hinges connecting the legs together in pairs,

said hinges being located adjacent to the ends of the legs and said legs having their hinged ends formed so as to butt against each other when opened to their greatest extent, a tierod connecting two pairs of such legs and supported at the hinged ends thereof, means for securing the legs at either the extended or the closed position, and aswinging sign supported on said tie-rod between the pairsof legs.

2. A sign-stand consisting of two pairs of hinged legs and a rod connecting the pairs together and supported in the upper ends thereof, locking devices carried by said rod and arranged to hold said legs in a fixed position, means for releasing said locking devices so that the pairs of legs may be folded together, and means for supporting said rod at a different position between the pairs of folded legs.

A pair of legs having beveled ends and provided with transverse grooves 17 in the beveled ends, a hinge connecting the ends of said legs and arranged so that when said legs are spread the beveled faces on the ends thereof will contact with each other to limit the amount of such spread, a second pair of legs similarly hinged together,a tie-rod connecting the two pairs of legs and adapted torest in the openings left by the'grooves 17 when said legs are in their spread position, and means for securing said legs in their spread position.

4. In a collapsible. sign-supporting stand, the combination with a pair of legs formed of rectangular bars, a hinge connecting the legs together near their ends and arranged so that when the legs are spread the ends of said legs will contact with each other to limit the amount of such spread, and a second pair ofsimilar legs similarly hinged together, of a tierod connecting the two pairs of legs together and supported by said legs adjacent to said hinges, and a swinging sign-board pivotally supported on said tie-rod between said pairs of legs.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 29th day of October, 1900.

SPENCER L. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

R. E. SMALE, CASPER LREDFIELD. 

